Dealing with hypervigilance

[seniorboz]

Hyper-vigilant. I walk in this park, a very nice, clean, foot pathed park. I notice everything, and I really notice cars and people. From about 300 yards away, I'm looking at their gate( how fast the person is walking), body position and posture, if they are carrying anything, how many are there, what are their positions in respect to the group (if there is one), if they have a dog/dogs and what is the breed, is the dog leading them or vise versa, and then the scenario starts, what will happen, what kind of attack will it be, will there be a weapon involved and so on. 35 years of Tracy Kenpo you see. The funny thing is, is that I was just thinking this yesterday on my walk (3.1 miles from house to park and back), so you see CDC, that your are not alone, I know that because I thought it was only me till I just read your post. And that's a safe place I go, you should see me when I'm around crowds or in stores of something. I also agree with you on the forum, I get better answers here, in fact, your post and others help me considerably, and the answers like you got. The new guy that I will see told me he specialized in EMDR, I didn't want to ask him what that is, now because of Anthony's reply, I know. Priceless. I give my Doctors and even the new psyc today a disclaimer. 35 years of a particulary brutal MA, so I feel it's my job to warn them about just how "upset" I can get. That's one of the main reasons I need to get a handle on my PTSD. Thanks for your post, just knowing I'm not the only "Hyper-vigilant" out there is great, and all the responses you got...wow. This place is the greatest. I don't know about you, but I would really like to stop thinking how to kill everyone that comes near me, including the rather rude old lady behind the pharmacy window yesterday.